Comments on: won’t somebody please think of the children/terrorists! http://slightlyodd.com/2009/10/wont-somebody-please-think-of-the-childrenterrorists?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wont-somebody-please-think-of-the-childrenterrorists multipurpose collection of stuff Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:16:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ofir http://slightlyodd.com/2009/10/wont-somebody-please-think-of-the-childrenterrorists/comment-page-1#comment-709 Ofir Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:00:33 +0000 http://slightlyodd.com/?p=232#comment-709 I disagree. I think the machines are less invasive than pat-downs and less likely to be used for pervy purposes due to the fact that the operators will not actually be able to see the person being scanned. I agree that there is a whole lot of hysteria and over-reaction surrounding airport security, and that the real solution lies well before the boarding gate. However, due to the fact that it's very much about making people feel safe rather than actually making their flight safer, there's demand for it and it's not going to die down any time soon. So if we have to have security measures, I'd absolutely prefer a machine that shows a blue-tinged picture of my wobbly bits to someone 500m away to a vigorous pat down by an overzelous security officer. Good article, though. I disagree. I think the machines are less invasive than pat-downs and less likely to be used for pervy purposes due to the fact that the operators will not actually be able to see the person being scanned.

I agree that there is a whole lot of hysteria and over-reaction surrounding airport security, and that the real solution lies well before the boarding gate. However, due to the fact that it’s very much about making people feel safe rather than actually making their flight safer, there’s demand for it and it’s not going to die down any time soon.
So if we have to have security measures, I’d absolutely prefer a machine that shows a blue-tinged picture of my wobbly bits to someone 500m away to a vigorous pat down by an overzelous security officer.

Good article, though.

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